Flowers in the dead of winter!
Well, these beautiful flowers are from Poppy, to me for Valentine's Day.
I've never seen so many different flowers in one bouquet...
Why, I've taken about 25 pictures and none of them show their true beauty...
My plan was to do a quick post early this morning and say "Happy Valentine's Day" but...
again today I haven't felt well. Not sure what's going on so I will probably call the doctor tomorrow.
Oh, my GOOD NEWS! Little Heidi is standing on all four feet, even walking around. She wants out of the little stall she is in but with all the rain, and Rosie, being the little bully that she is, I feel Heidi is safer there. Hopefully the rain will stop soon.
And a bit of SAD NEWS too...Our oldest hen died yesterday. She was very special...
this was her when she was just a baby. Our neighbor came knocking at the door early one morning a few years ago. He handed me the little black chick and asked if I could raise it.
There was a bad storm the night before. Some animal had killed the mother hen and this little chick made it through the night alone.
She has been a sweet hen...
and even raised a few chicks of her own. We will miss her.
Guess I need to stop here. Poppy just asked if we are having ice cream tonight.
Hope you all have had a nice weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day!
Love, Henny
I hope you've had a great day today.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Valentine's Day too! That's wonderful news about Heidi standing up on all fours. Yay Heidi! I would never think goats could be mean. When I watch my neighbor's goats, there is a definite pecking order, especially when I throw goodies over the fence to them. The two dominant females are butting and pushing the other ones away. Condolences for your sweet hen. You gave her a wonderful life. {{hugs}}
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa. I let Heidi outside for a while today and had to watch Rosie. She wanted to butt Heidi.
DeleteOh I love your heading, so soft and lovely. Love the pictures of your flowers and all. Blessings to you on this Valentine Day.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'll come visit your blog.
DeleteThe flowers are just gorgeous! I'm sorry for the loss of your hen. You were good to her!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are really beautiful, how could you possibly just take one photo? How lovely and how nice to get to enjoy this touch of spring in the middle of winter!
ReplyDeleteAnd on a sad note, I'm sorry about the loss of your treasured hen. You were there for her at such a vulnerable time in her life, and you gave her safety and you gave her a good life. She knew love. And I know she'll be missed.
That's a beautiful bouquet. Yes, I just watched that Walton movie in December, so fun to see the kids all so little. Good news about Heidi and keeping her away from bossy Rosie is a good idea at least until she can stand her ground. Sorry about you beautiful black hen-----hard to see something that you have raised from such a baby go. Take care of yourself and let us know what the Dr. has to say.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy that ice cream and the bouquet. Give Poppy a big kiss for that beauty.
Thank you Victoria. I got up this morning feeling a lot better. I still plan to make a doctor's appointment for a check up.
DeleteThose are beautiful flowers. :-)
ReplyDeleteHope your rain turns into good weather and not snow.
We are under a hard freeze warning until Tuesday afternoon.
God bless.
Happy Valentine's Day to you and Poppy! What a beautiful bouquet of flowers he brought you....and you quoted a line from my favorite Walton's Show too! I remember that so well! I'm so happy to hear about your Heidi goat and sad to hear about your Mama Hen. May the days get better and the rain stop soon. Tonight is our coldest and then we're supposed to start warming up. Can't wait! Take good care!
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane. I saw that old Walton's movie again this year too. Warming up sounds good! We have more rain coming in overnight with a chance of a thunderstorm. And we just may see a bit of sunshine tomorrow. Yay!
DeleteI hope you get to feeling better real soon. I hate being sick. I don't know why, but it makes me mad and frustrated. Your flowers are absolutely gorgeous. Poppy did good! I love brightly colored flowers. I hope your rain doesn't turn to anything worse with these storm systems moving across the country. It's snowing tonight in San Antonio and Houston has sleet and snow. Here in St Louis we're at an even 0.0 degrees on my digital thermometer and we're expecting about 7 inches of snow by dinner time Monday. Take good care of yourself and let us know what's what. We care.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peg. I'm feeling a lot better today. Can you believe this weather. Seems like everybody is getting rain or snow or ice storms...we have more rain coming overnight with a possible thunderstorm.
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you and Poppy! Those flowers are just gorgeous! It is special to get flowers in the dead of winter. I'm glad to hear Heidi is doing better but it is so sad about the hen. I hope you get in to see your doctor Henny. You take good care of yourself - a lot of people care about you!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you and Poppy! He sure brought you a beautiful bouquet of flowers in the midst of the cold, stormy weather. Wonderful news about Heidi but I am sorry about your hen. These animals really get to us don't they?
ReplyDeleteI am praying for you to be completely well when you wake up tomorrow, but let us know what the doctor says, okay. Lots of people out here in blogland care for you.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
The flowers look lovely Henny..
ReplyDeleteAs you know l don't do cut flowers,
but the colours on those are amazing!
That's one thing on the internet, the
photos come out so well..! :).
Good news about Heidi, that's great..Bless!
Sad about your eldest hen, but, l know she
had a lovely life, the way you look after
your animals/pets, l be quite pleased to
move in..HeHe! Even with Heidi..Not Rosie
though, she sounds a bit violent..! :(.
I was on my own yesterday, made myself a nice
big pizza, bottle of Chianti..and watched the
1967 film..St Valentines Massacre..! Great fun!
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Thank you Willie. A nice big pizza sounds wonderful! I'm not so sure about the movie. :) Rosie is spoiled, not really mean. Poppy made her this way by playing with her. She thinks it's fun to stand on her back legs and butt...she like to fight, in a gentle way.
DeleteHello Henny- Hoping that you'll be OK and on the mend and it isn't too serious- get well soon. Best Wishes. KEV.
ReplyDeleteFresh Flowers are lovely, they most certainly will brighten up any room. It is dark and gloomy here battleship gray and expecting snowmageddon. Spring is near I saw a Robin. I'm sorry to hear about your Hen. You are blessed to have had her.
ReplyDeleteThank you Faith. I think we all are tired of bad weather. Sure hope spring gets here soon and we have lots of warm sunny days. That would be so nice.
DeleteAh there is nothing better than a lovely bouquet of fresh flowers when it is the dead of winter. I can see there is such a wonderful variety. Sorry about your sweet Hen...hope you are feeling better too. Happy belated Valentine's day friend. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteYou get good news on Heidi and then sad news on the black hen. It doesn't seem fair to lose one pet like that.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are definitely a pick me upper. Maybe on reason Valentines Day is in February? At least it is a
fun cheerful holiday that doesn't require a lot of decorating or meal planning. Wish you were feeling back to usual.
Hope you had a love-full day, Henny, and that you are feeling better today. I’m sorry about your hen. I remember when your neighbor brought her. I wish our animals could live forever! We get so attached. Great news on the goat front, though, and I hope she continues to get better and better.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's day Henny! Your flowers are beautiful. Our neighbors brought us a Valentine bouquet yesterday. We are in the middle of that Arctic weather and they knew us 'old folks' wouldn't be going out. So they asked us if we needed any groceries as they were heading out and returned with flowers for us. So sweet. I'm sorry to hear about your hen dying. Our daughter has chickens and she was worried about how they will do in these single digit temps.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your hen and I will pray that you feel better and can see your doctor. I'm so glad Heidi is better!
ReplyDeleteCondolences on the loss of your little black hen, but she had the best life with you! Your flowers are beautiful! You two are still lovebirds..xo Terry
ReplyDeleteI reckon. :) Thank you Terry. Good to hear from you!
DeleteBeautiful vase of flowers, such pretty colors.
ReplyDeleteI'm so very sad about your little hen, she was so sweet, and had gorgeous plumage, RIP dear little momma hen.
Hope you can find out what ails you Henny, it's always so worrying.
Hugs,
~Jo
Your bouquet of flowers is absolutely amazing!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your old Mrs Hen. She was adorable as a chick and sweet as a hen.
Your flowers are beautiful. Good for Poppy.
ReplyDeleteGood news about your little goat. I hope that offsets a bit the sad news about your hen.
What a lovely bouquet!! Sorry about your sweet hen. Pray that you will be feeling better soon! Love, hugs and prayers ~ FlowerLady
ReplyDeleteOh the flowers from Poppy are beautiful. So sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well, and pray your back to health soon.
ReplyDeleteSo sad about your hen dying but that's great news about Heidi.
I am sorry about your hen. I can tell she was a good hen and she had a great life.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are a touch of spring.
Get well my dear, please keep us updated.
Love, Carla
Beautiful flowers. Poppy did good. So glad to hear little Heidi is up and about. So sorry about your sweet hen. It's never easy to lose a pet but we are so blessed to share their lives and their unconditional love. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteI am a born and raised Oklahoma girl but living in Texas where the whole state is in a state of emergency. We are having record breaking temps and snow. Hasn't been above freezing since last Thursday. The power grid is stressed so many are without power. I'm not a fan of Winter anyway but they say this is the coldest they have been here in 50 years. It's brutal.
Thank you Oklahoma Girl. Oh, I have been hearing about the weather in Texas and feel so sorry for everyone there. I hope and pray you all will be safe and this weather pattern changes for the better. Wish there was something I could do to help, but I will be thinking about you.
DeleteI'm in West Texas and it is bad but it's much worse down in South Texas. They are not used to this kind of weather at all. We are at least used to very cold temps and snow a couple times a year but we aren't used to the days on end of negative temps. Our city is doing very well considering the situation. All city water is on generators and that's taking a lot of stress off our power grid. They are doing rolling blackouts so at least everyone will not be without power for hours or days. We are holding up good but the southern part of Texas is really suffering. I have a cousin who lives in Houston and they were out of power for 42 hours. Thank you for your kind thoughts.
DeleteThose flowers are beautiful...just perfect for some of the gray days we have been having. It is wonderful to hear that Heidi is standing on all four feet. And what a sweet hen and the pics are wonderful
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! So sorry about your hen. Glad to hear Heidi is better!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful flowers! And what a wonderful husband :))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! Sorry about your little hen. Love you so much!
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers!!!
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